That meme that has been going around.

[rhythmaning]

• Magazine: The Economist; Investors Chronicle; Jazz Review



• Newspaper: The Independent during the week; The Scotsman on Saturdays; and Scotland On Sunday on… Sundays



• Candy bar: Green & Black’s dark chocolate; or their white chocolate, which tastes like really delicious custard (and not like most white chocolate at all)



• Cookie: my friend D’s homemade raisin cookies are pretty good, but since she lives three thousand miles away or so, and I rarely make it over for baking day, I haven’t had them in a while



• Mineral water: tap



• Soft drink: fair-trade decaff coffee



• Alcholic drink: red wine; white wine; whisky – where to start?



• Champagne: Piper Heidseick; Alfred Gratien; or Billecart Salmon; but in all honesty, I tend to buy cheap, lesser known marques



• Lipstick: occasional use of lipsyl to stop cracked lips



• Mascara: ha! (That’s a no, then)



• Moisturiser: some stuff from Tesco



• Shampoo: no idea



• Scent/aftershave: Penhaligon’s – currently Endymion or Blenheim Bouquet during the day; LP No. 9 at night



• Toothpaste: Tescos



• Jeans: Gap or Levis – but never, ever button flies; I hate the things



• Underwear: Marks & Sparks boxers and socks



• Sneakers: Nike for exercise (like when I did the marathon); more usual casual shoes would be DMs



• Watch: I can’t wear a watch, so I carry a pocket watch; it is a long story which I should really write a full post about!



• Cellphone: a fliptop Motorola – it is a work phone



• Portable music device: a minidisk player, but mainly for the radio it has; we also have a couple of CD players and some walkman cassette – again, for the radio



• PC/laptop: MESH PC



• Necessary extravagance: I have a few unnecessary extravagances – particularly the car, expensive wine and whisky (maybe they are necessary though…)

Comments

[frankie-ecap.livejournal.com]

Green and black's white chocolate, oh yeah.

Marques, good word.

But, your car is a Ford Focus. By no-one's standards is this an extravagance.

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

But running ANY car when you don't really need it is pretty extravagent, I think. And it really isn't necessary.